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Nadra Nittle
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The mom of a school shooter faces time in prison. Her conviction has sparked mixed reactions.
The Jennifer Crumbley verdict has been applauded as a win for gun violence prevention but criticized for potentially creating a legal slippery slope.
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Who’s most worried about the end of affirmative action? Race isn’t the only factor.
Gallup data shared exclusively with The 19th found that Black and Latinx men may be more concerned about the impacts of the policy's demise than women in their demographics.
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Cal State LA has a woman president for the first time — and she’s off to an eventful start
Berenecea Johnson Eanes has already experienced her first faculty strike as a leader in the nation’s largest university system.
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Even dictionaries aren’t safe from censorship in this Florida school district
Escambia County’s school district was already facing a lawsuit over banned books on LGBTQ+ subjects and race. Officials kept removing books anyway under a new Florida law.
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Student loan repayments put a damper on holiday spending — especially for Gen Z and millennials
Borrowers who were already struggling to make ends meet before the pandemic payment pause ended in October are now holiday shopping on an ultra-tight budget.
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How a group of grandparents is mobilizing to push back against Moms for Liberty
Grandparents for Truth, a project of progressive advocacy group People for the American Way, is working to fight book bans, right-wing school boards and what it describes as authoritarianism in the nation’s schools.
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Activists in California school district turn in enough signatures to seek recall race against far-right president
Joseph Komrosky leads the Temecula, California, school board that’s faced national scrutiny for banning critical race theory, endorsing book banning and firing the woman superintendent.
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Three school board members moved this California district to the far right. Women lead the effort to recall them.
The Temecula Valley Unified School District’s conservative majority has ousted its woman superintendent, banned critical race theory and passed a policy to “out” LGBTQ+ students to their parents.
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The Spelman College community has stood in solidarity with Palestinians for years
Students and faculty at the historically Black women's college feel a connection to the racial, economic and gender injustices they say Palestinians face.
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New book explores the influences behind the life and work of bell hooks
An excerpt from ‘bell hooks’ Spiritual Vision’ by The 19th’s Nadra Nittle examines the late feminist's views on the role of religion in women’s liberation.